With single dorsal fin, and even or rounded tail, or 

 at most, but very slightly inclining to crescenU 

 shaped in some few species. 



IMPERIAL CHJETODON, 



Chsetodon Imperialis. C. flams, lineis numerosissimis longitudi* 



nalibus ohliquis c&ruleis. 

 Yellow Chaetodon, with very numerous oblique longitudinal 



blue lines. 



Chaetodon Imperator. Lin, Syst. Nat, Gmel. p. 1255, Block* t, 



A most magnificent species, growing to the 

 length of a foot or more : body oval ; dorsal and 

 anal fin broad, and scaled to a considerable distance 

 from the base : gill-covers furnished on each side 

 with a very strong spine ; ground-colour of the 

 animal golden yellow, longitudinally, but somewhat 

 obliquely striped with very numerous bright-blue 

 parallel rays, Native of Japan, where it is held 

 in high esteem as an article of food, and is said to 

 be superior to the Salmon in flavour, 



